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Footage from Star Wars Celebration of Alan Tudyk’s K-2SO in Star Wars: Rogue One has been released online.

“This was great. That’s what I look like,” Tudyk said at the panel. “I’m 7-foot-1 and black, which is really my inner person… [Captain Cassian Andor] reprogrammed him and did a data wipe, and when he reprogammed him, he’s not quite all there. He speaks his mind and says things that, I don’t know, can be unsettling. Just very honest. If you know any old people, it’s like that.”

You can watch the clip below as well as the footage from the panel.

“Star Wars: Rogue One” has a December 16, 2016 release directed by Gareth Edwards starring Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Jiang Wen, Forest Whitaker, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, who plays a performance-capture character in Rogue One, and Riz Ahmed.

Synopsis:

Rogue One tells the story of resistance fighters who have united to steal plans to the dreaded Death Star. 

Watch the opening crawl used at Star Wars Celebration for the Star Wars: Rogue One panel.

The footage is of the Star Wars: A New Hope opening, but things change when mention of the Rebels stealing the Death Star plans is shown! 

I think, in addition to the big spoiler, that this only further exemplifies Star Wars: Rogue One as being a bit more on the serious side.

“Star Wars: Rogue One” has a December 16, 2016 release directed by Gareth Edwards starring Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Jiang Wen, Forest Whitaker, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, who plays a performance-capture character in Rogue One, and Riz Ahmed.

Synopsis:

Rogue One tells the story of resistance fighters who have united to steal plans to the dreaded Death Star. 

(via CBM)

We may have Bail Organa in Star Wars: Rogue One.

Earlier today saw Disney reveal a new Star Wars: Rogue One celebration reel.

An eagle-eyed fan on Reddit noticed at the 1:03 mark, a glimpse of what looks to be Jimmy Smits as Bail Organa can be seen.

As Star Wars: Rogue One is set before A New Hope – when Vader destroys Alderaan – it’s definitely possible Smits could be returning as Bail Organa.

Have a look:

From the prequels:

“Star Wars: Rogue One” has a December 16, 2016 release directed by Gareth Edwards starring Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Jiang Wen, Forest Whitaker, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, who plays a performance-capture character in Rogue One, and Riz Ahmed.

Synopsis:

Rogue One tells the story of resistance fighters who have united to steal plans to the dreaded Death Star. 

Check out a good look at two new members of the Rebel Alliance in Star Wars: Rogue One.

The creatures are named Pao and Bistan.

Both Pao and Bistan are described as a fierce warriors, who along with their cohorts in the rogue band of resistance fighters, are prepared to steal the Death Star plans and bring new hope to the galaxy. Now united in their daring mission, Pao and Bistan and the other heroes will have to battle the evil Galactic Empire.

“Star Wars: Rogue One” has a December 16, 2016 release directed by Gareth Edwards starring Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Jiang Wen, Forest Whitaker, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, who plays a performance-capture character in Rogue One, and Riz Ahmed.

Synopsis:

Rogue One tells the story of resistance fighters who have united to steal plans to the dreaded Death Star.  

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Big spoilers follows for Star Wars: Rogue One.

More below.

Today at Star Wars Celebration saw a big spoiler revealed for Star Wars: Rogue One.

Earlier, there were rumors that the script for Star Wars: Rogue One was rewritten due to Disney thinking it too serious of a movie. It was said Star Wars: Rogue One was in worse trouble than originally thought, and that Disney wanted to add more fun to the film. It was further said Disney wasn’t happy with the dark direction of Gareth Edwards, which compared the movie to a  “Dirty Dozen”-like film where the Rebels go on a suicide mission to steal the Death Star plans and don’t make it out alive.

The good news is that with the recent spoiler coming out of Star Wars Celebration, Star Wars: Rogue One seems to have retained that bit of seriousness.

Chinese actor Wen Jiang accidentally let it slip that Donnie Yen’s character dies in the movie. Watch the video below where Jiang explains that following Yen’s character’s death, his character “[does] something better… maybe I believe by my action… he’s thinker, I’m doer.”

Jiang is then cut off by moderator Gwendoline Christie with: “I think you got to leave it there…”

Yen’s character, the warrior monk Chirrut Îmwe, is a member of the Rebels; so from that, we can further speculate that other members of the Rebels will die as well.

“Star Wars: Rogue One” has a December 16, 2016 release directed by Gareth Edwards starring Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Jiang Wen, Forest Whitaker, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, who plays a performance-capture character in Rogue One, and Riz Ahmed.

Synopsis:

Rogue One tells the story of resistance fighters who have united to steal plans to the dreaded Death Star. 

Disney has revealed new concept art for Star Wars Land, the Star Wars-themed parks being developed for Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resorts.

The image is of the fence along Big Thunder Trail in Frontierland – one of the entry points to this never-before-seen planet in the Star Wars galaxy – revealing more about what guests will find in this all-new land.

The 14-acre land will be the largest-ever single-themed land expansion at Disneyland Resort. 

Click to enlarge (via Disney Parks blog):

Next week sees Disney holding their annual Star Wars Celebration, and the good news is that if you can’t make it, worry not as the panels will be streamed live online.

StarWars.com announced the live streaming coverage (see the video below for more): 

The Star Wars Show LIVE, streaming from Star Wars Celebration Europe beginning Friday, July 15, through Sunday, July 17, will feature celebrity guests, interviews with Star Wars creators, must-see panels, and much more. Andi Gutierrez and Peter Townley of The Star Wars Show are set to host, bringing you all the action as it happens. Also livestreaming is the special Rogue One: A Star Wars Story panel (July 15, 11 a.m. ET / 8 a.m. PT), presented by Verizon, in which director Gareth Edwards will join Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy and special guests for a discussion on the highly-anticipated film. 

It also recently became known that a new Star Wars: Rogue One trailer will be shown prior to Star Wars Celebration.

Star Wars Celebration takes place July 15-17.

Right in time for Star Wars Celebration Europe, it looks like a new Star Wars: Rogue One trailer is airing on ABC on Friday, July 15th.

The info comes from a listing on Time Warner Cable for the “Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey” special.

It’s stated the Star Wars: Rogue One trailer will be three minutes in length and will air during the show.

The previous Star Wars: Rogue One trailer was about two minutes long (watch below).

Star Wars Celebration takes place July 15-17th.

As Making Star Wars notes, expect the buzz about the Star Wars: Rogue One trailer to increase in the next week or so.

“Star Wars: Rogue One” has a December 16, 2016 release directed by Gareth Edwards starring Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Jiang Wen, Forest Whitaker, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, who plays a performance-capture character in Rogue One, and Riz Ahmed.

Synopsis:

Rogue One tells the story of resistance fighters who have united to steal plans to the dreaded Death Star.

Following up on the news of Darth Vader and the character descriptions, now Disney has released sixteen new images from Star Wars: Rogue One (via EW.com).

“Star Wars: Rogue One” has a December 16, 2016 release directed by Gareth Edwards starring Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Jiang Wen, Forest Whitaker, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, who plays a performance-capture character in “Rogue One,” and Riz Ahmed.

Synopsis:

Rogue One tells the story of resistance fighters who have united to steal plans to the dreaded Death Star.

Star Wars: Rogue One Trailer:

Following up on the news of Darth Vader, now character images and details have been released for Star Wars: Rogue One.

Spoiler warning in effect if you don’t want to know the details.

Synopsis:

Rogue One tells the story of resistance fighters who have united to steal plans to the dreaded Death Star. 

Ew.com revealed the following:

Saw Gerrera (Forest Whitaker)

…this shadowy freedom-fighter is Saw Gerrera, a figure with a surprisingly deep background in galactic history. The warrior was actually first seen in season 5 of The Clone Wars animated series, when he was a young man on the planet Onderon, unleashing guerilla combat on the droid army of Separatists who took over his world. Along with his sister, Steela, he fought alongside Darth Vader — back when the Sith lord was just an impetuous young Jedi named Anakin Skywalker. In the episode A War on Two Fronts, which aired in October 2012, Saw and Steela were part of an insurgent group being unofficially trained by Anakin, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and the padawan Ahsoka Tano.  …Saw pays a steep cost for his resistance, and remains mistrustful of any authority except his own for the rest of his days. There never will be a peacetime for him.  Whitaker’s Saw Gerrera is bulkier, more battle-hardened with the years, and maybe a little shellshocked. He has continued to fight; and, as he suggested in the trailer, he has become something — and it’s not quite a hero. Rather, he’s a man who has tried to do the right thing by occasionally doing questionable things. 

 

Director Orson Krennic (Ben Mendelsohn)

On the opposing side, this villain is an ambitious Imperial apparatchik who intends to use his squad of Deathtroopers to pulverize the Rebel uprising and ascend into the Emperor’s graces – while hopefully avoiding the wrath of his enforcer, Darth Vader. “The bad guy is a lot more terrifying when he’s really smart, and really effective,” says Knoll. “There is a lot of palace intrigue going on in the Empire, with people conspiring to move up the ranks and sabotaging each other. There’s not a lot of loyalty there.”

 

Galen Erso (Mads Mikkelsen)

Jyn’s estranged father is like the galactic version of nuclear pioneer J. Robert Oppenheimer, with doomsday knowledge that is sought by both the Empire and the Rebellion. “He’s one of those people that has insight into you know specific aspects of just how the universe works,” says Hart. Where has Galen been, if Jyn has been on her own for years? “The circumstances of how the family got to the state that it’s in is something that we probably don’t want to share right now,” Hart says. (Lucasfilm isn’t revealing his image yet, so this is file picture. Don’t worry — the button-down isn’t retro galactic fashion.)

 

K-2SO (Alan Tudyk)

This towering, powerful security droid is described by Edwards as “the antithesis of C-3PO.” In other words, he’s tough, confident, not especially interested in “human/cyborg relations,” and the complete opposite of a neurotic fussbudget. “Kaytoo is a little bit like Chewbacca’s personality in a droid’s body,” Edwards says. “He doesn’t give a s— about what you think. He doesn’t fully check himself before he says things and does things. He just speaks the truth.” Like Jyn, he’s also seeking a bit of redemption for past wrongs. Droids, too, can have regret.

 

Bodhi Rook (Riz Ahmed)

Bodhi is this Rebel squad’s lead pilot. He tends to be hot-headed, but any abrasiveness is overshadowed by his skills in the air — and the void of space. “He flies a lot of cargo, one of his key jobs,” Kennedy says. “And he tends to be a little tense, a little volatile, but everybody in the group really relies on his technical skills.”

 

Baze Malbus (Jiang Wen)

Heavily armored, Baze prefers a blaster to hokey religions and ancient weapons, but he is devoted to protecting his friend Chirrut at all costs. “He understands Chirrut’s spiritual centeredness, but he doesn’t necessarily support it,” Kennedy says. Baze goes along with this Force business because “it’s what his friend deeply believes,” she adds. Think of them as a little like the galactic version of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza.

 

Chirrut Imwe (Donnie Yen)

Pronounced chi-RUT, he’s no Jedi, but he’s devoted to their ways and has used his spirituality to overcome his blindness and become a formidable warrior. “Chirrut falls into the category of being a warrior monk,” says Kennedy. “He very much still believes in everything the Jedi were about.” He maintains that belief even though the Jedi are no longer there to protect the galaxy. As director Gareth Edwards puts it: “This idea that magical beings are going to come and save us is going away, and it’s up to normal, everyday people to take a stand to stop evil from dominating the world.”

 

Captain Cassian Andor (Diego Luna)

Andor is a by-the-book Rebel intelligence officer, brought in to steady the volatile Erso, but he’s no square. He’s committed, steady, and practical, and has seen more than his share of combat. “He conveys a fair amount of experience and the reality of what it’s like to do this every day, to try to figure out how to resist the Empire effectively and intelligently,” says Kiri Hart, Lucasfilm’s chief of story development. “It’s not easy.”

 

Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones)

A streetwise delinquent who has been on her own since 15, she has fighting skills and a knowledge of the galactic underworld that the Rebel Alliance desperately needs. “She’s got a checkered past,” says Lucasfilm president and Rogue One producer Kathleen Kennedy. “She has been detained [by the Rebellion] and is being given an opportunity to be useful. And by being useful, it may commute her sentence… She’s a real survivor. She becomes a kind of Joan of Arc in the story.”